Update October 6, 2014: The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals decision striking down Utah’s marriage ban for same-sex couples, thereby permitting that decision to stand, as well as a similar decision from Oklahoma. The Court also denied review of decisions by the Fourth and Seventh Circuit Courts of Appeals, which had struck down marriage bans in Virginia, Indiana, and Wisconsin.

By denying review of the 基欽訴赫伯特案 case, the Court let stand the June 2014 decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit that found Utah’s ban on marriages by same-sex couples unconstitutional. The decision means that same-sex couples in Utah, Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas and Wyoming—all in the Tenth Circuit—have a constitutionally protected right to marry and to have their marriages treated equally. Read the full statement from NCLR and GLAD.

2014年9月4日更新： Three diverse voices – those of business, states, and family and equality groups – filed 法庭之友 內褲 基欽訴赫伯特案 case. The briefs argue that the high court should take a case or cases in order to resolve the harm and discrimination imposed by marriage bans. The briefs can be read in the list at right.

Update August 28, 2014: —Today, the three couples challenging the State of Utah’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples asked the United States Supreme Court to accept the request of Utah state officials to review the case. In the brief today原告認為，最高法院審查是必要的，因為猶他州乃至全美各地的同性伴侶迫切需要婚姻的保障，無論他們在哪裡工作或旅行，都能充分保護自己和家人。該案的辯護狀指出，只有最高法院的裁決確認同性伴侶的結婚權利，並使其婚姻在全國範圍內得到尊重，才能解決這一根本性的不平等。 閱讀更多.

高興的 has joined colleagues at the National Center for LGBTQ Rights (NCLR) and Utah attorney Peggy Tomsic as counsel in this historic federal case representing same-sex couples seeking the freedom to marry in Utah. The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled June 25, 2014 that Utah’s ban on the freedom to marry for same-sex couples violates the U.S. Constitution’s guarantees of equal protection and due process.

The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to review the case.

GLAD previously submitted a brief of amicus curiae in support of the plaintiffs-appellees in the appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. The brief was filed on GLAD’s behalf by attorneys from the firm of WilmerHale.

Case Developments Excerpted From NCLR:

On June 25, 2014, the Tenth Circuit ruled that Utah’s ban on the freedom to marry for same-sex couples violates the U.S. Constitution’s guarantees of equal protection and due process. The decision is the first federal appellate court ruling in a freedom to marry case since the United States Supreme Court ruled in June 2013 that the federal government must recognize the marriages of same-sex couples.

On August 5, 2014, the State of Utah asked the Supreme Court of the United States to review the Tenth Circuit’s decision.  The Tenth Circuit’s decision states that Utah couples will not be able to marry until after the Supreme Court decides whether to review the case.  If the Supreme Court decides to review the case, couples will not be able to marry until after the Supreme Court issues its decision.

For further background visit www.nclrights.org

In addition to NCLR, GLAD and attorney Peggy Tomsic of Magleby & Greenwood, P.C. (Salt Lake City), the plaintiffs are also represented by the D.C. film of Hogan Lovells.